with.the general ruin o l their interests in Airia:- Arrkean; however, though
often exhausted, was never wholly consumed ; it always rose from its own-
ashes,-. a:free and -independentViiationr'iu.j
nJlMmatives: of Aréàcan proper^ callvtfewêcmüntry Yèe-Kèin ; the-Hin-'*
doos :-of Bengal; Rossaun; the. latter, who hâve settled in great numbers
iaiAimeaniraiæ-dMoininatediuby.th^Sr^mali inhabitants, Kulaw-Yee^
Kein,. or unnaturalized Arraeaners ; the Moguls ? know it by the Persian
name of, Rechan. • Mogo is a term of religious import, and high sanctity;
applied to-the priesthood, and the king ; whence the inhabitants are oftett
called by Europeans, Mughsi such a number of epithets used indistriftiK
nately, must*prove embarfessing to the •paMer: of the few sketches that
have been.given of this country;. Arracaii, or Yee-Kemv.stretehèsrsouth-
south east from the river hMF, the boundary that disvidestfit fronuthe te r-
ritories of the.IndiasCompany, as far as Cape Negiais, where the ancientf
Pegue empire commenced. Thé range o f lofty anountainsialready mentioned,
under: the name of Anoupectoumiou; nearly encircles rik' « From
the quarter of Bassien and N e ^ a s ,. Arracan c an .berinvaded£ônly by
water, through the, many rivers that intersect the country- adjacent to^the"
sea. From the side of Chittagong, entrance-into'Arracan--fnust be
effected by a march along the sea beach, which is interrupted by several
channels, that chiefly owe their waters to the action of the. tide,. Arra-
can thus • displays .-a great space of -coast, |Very. disproportionate iS p its
internal extension. A few miles below Tellakee, at the western fboty the
river,, till then a streamlet that rises in the hills, becomes navigable from
the influx of the sea; in two tides a boat reaches the fort of Arracan.
independent principality ; his rise was owing to a series of heinous crimes, and his rapid fall
is to be ascribed to the same source. Faria.
Fiom thcffoit? to“-the 'sea, the mCr expands tihtbWflfSblL-'slfcbl.ol wJïéfy
Vrell-ad apttd a fQ^ ^ èfian d th^ rc c^ o ii otohrgpln^lfihe^lïbf uid-R im-f
rêe, t ailed by tliedlirmau's'Slhtnôil Kiuiùij'aifd S>;àiîgée>Kioiiij',*■ ai elÂtctiisivS
afldilughly cultivated Elands, which.'w tth Amu ah ahd^S’îhdo'vv^Miflm (dur
distinct iTdtMeé^M^cfthprShfeifd th è Ivhole- o f
' TÉeïtrade' hflîÀMàea nVasltntf cW e i V' cofisMu ,ïHlc, tflr ivjcuMiéd Un
salt! becs’ wax, el^haDtsElwt^AtfcHflfcM^iWaltci
in su||^ÊUBdaû&^ that- it-ihigbt-bë«m#TdPâ, b^pi?,jJd^x,lict
luciaüvclbr-andpol commercé
diîcomr^uous isl inclsr.il!Dpifoc()mmblil.>7- . ^ A iru fil]
and thtscîts-iandypbeUmt, a^iirh&tSVdcAiiVabl^.ttqûEition'nultftfc Bnm'uiPj
itheir boats, vyhfslMaV%ating
iMnsoon through the channel and a lo n ÿ tH é fé èaY t> ^ 'M ;* â 'îi^ ffiiltl^ ^ y
frémi Ê prién ,*f Rangoon^ and1 ‘Mart ab an,
thfey-i J S p ^ ^ h e producëPf them-cbuiièies/knd' injÉë'£#i n ack
cioth,®id4éofl3èdd3àe’s o f Indiâ^wf1
tsThèSinvasion ofA-rracan b ë in ^ if f l^ e f ê rm fh é d f e ^ h ’eïïi^cH. 1!eUc1f;3P
orhprmcerroyal, with h ^ j f r o th e f s ^ -C h ^ '^ f h ^ ^ ^ ô i f e ^ T É ^ P ^ f i ^ B
Pa’gahtny h rth e BirmanryeaT 1145 + ‘1
tian era)',lin the mttethdTbuzëlien, lèfl4the'impéBalK’crtyj j
CJfa'gâ't^gf 'ttoV -become a placé of religious', resort ffifet^Mirtimber' "oB 1
Praws^o^ temples erected in its nei|hhouihood’J'-,j's well a^for bi'i^ ^ th e11
principal manufactory of idolï,"'wWich\xh e lv h ^ ^ 'q f^ a ^ ^ d y a ^ e h ^ ^ ^ y / I
* These are the vulgar hàmiss, 'they h^e also'ShstaVor^appèllaOTis. *"•* ''
Birman sôlaf year, ending at the vernal equinox^nk/ creh'tekn appaicnt I
iil stating the tv/o efasV '' 1
f The quarry is at Meengoung, about twelve miles distant. ,f"
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